And if you did it, you were rewarded with a cream cheese and jelly sandwich, weren't you?

I'll have to think about some other McKeesportisms...mom's motoring at the moment, in transit, or I'd call her and ask her...

Ya know, she never lost her McKeesport accent--and I bet you have one too, don't you? I've heard it all over the country, and I always ask, when I hear it. I've only been wrong once, and that was recently. A man and his wife I met are from Maryland, and everytime I talk to them I have to ask, "Are you sure you're not from McKeesport?"

Hey Dawncoyote You're right!
I've been in West Michigan for 20 years and people still tell me I sound like I'm from Philadelphia!
I make my wife laugh when I ask her to buy some 'jumbo' instead of bologna. I even hear myself cutting 'war' instead of wire. I'm sure your mom will come up with a few other things 'like cat' (instead of 'like that')!

Good morning Sparrowgrass,
This just keeps getting better!
When I was younger, my brother and I used to go hunting near a place called Round Hill Park (Southern Allegheny County) and many a 'grinny' were moving targets. I never really got any- no heart!
Had a friend that would go 'woolie' hunting too. Don't know if that's a Western Pennsylvania expression but it took me a few days to figure out that deer weren't safe either!

That is too funny. I'm from northern PA where you can red up a room which is not quite as much work as cleaning up a room. Not that anyone outside PA seems to understand the term. Of course, they also think I'm crazy when I look for a MAC machine.

NOUN: 1. The mastic tree. 2. The aromatic resin of the mastic tree, used especially in varnishes, lacquers, adhesives, and condiments and as an astringent. 3. A pastelike cement used in highway construction, especially one made with powdered lime or brick and tar.

ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, mastic resin, from Old French mastich, from Latin mastichum, mastich, from Greek mastikh, chewing gum, mastic, from mastikhn, to grind the teeth.

There was a game we used to play with a large piece of elastic formed into a ring that involved jumping in and out and I was never very good at it. It was known as "elastics", and it was eventually banned at my school.